This airline’s new business class can’t come soon enough
The service is great and the food tasty, but this premier cabin is vastly inferior to other offerings in the same class. The good news is, it’s all about to change.
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‘Two lumps of salty dough studded with corn kernels and something green’
How does this pass as breakfast on a 7am domestic flight from one of Australia’s major airlines?
‘It’s incredibly comfortable and I had my best sleep on a plane’
This international carrier’s business class offering was once dubbed “coffin class” by frequent flyers. But its revamped suites offer a few nice surprises.
What it’s like to fly business class on Garuda
With an inflight chef and 40kg baggage allowance, this airline presents an attractive alternative to budget carriers.
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